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Sylvana Research

In research, Sylvana Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,548 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,374
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,176
of 7,310
Research works
394
▲ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Sylvana Research

What is Sylvana Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #10,548 of 17,446 5.0%157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sylvana Research sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Sylvana Research work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research at Sylvana Research is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (14%).

Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 29.6% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 21.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 28.0% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 13.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSylvana Research51fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences918.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities48.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.2%
    4. Decision Sciences11.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    6. Psychology00.7%
    1. Medicine1121.3%
    2. Health Professions36.5%
    3. Nursing11.3%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering713.9%
    2. Computer Science36.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy23.1%
    4. Environmental Science12.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.8%
    3. Neuroscience12.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.78×4 works
  2. Nursing2.69×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.47×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.70×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.43×9 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.41×2 works
  7. Neuroscience1.33×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.24×0 works
  9. Medicine1.11×11 works
  10. Veterinary0.97×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×3 works
  12. Engineering0.93×7 works
  13. Computer Science0.87×3 works
  14. Dentistry0.68×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.57×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.52×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.47×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  22. Psychology0.22×0 works
  23. Energy0.18×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sylvana Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Julius van Bavel, Richard W. Kerrigan and Robert H. Lafferty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sylvana Research.

  1. 1 Julius van Bavel United States · #2,170,374 worldwide 900 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Richard W. Kerrigan United States · #2,575,295 worldwide 3.6k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Robert H. Lafferty United States · #2,976,243 worldwide 170 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Paul H. Ratner United States · #3,287,387 worldwide 4k citations · 133 works
  5. 5 G. Kirby Miller United States · #3,894,304 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Ann Chasar United States · #4,057,490 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 R. F. Lucy United States · #4,795,067 worldwide 113 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Gordon Ewart United States · #4,825,794 worldwide 103 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Saul Rockman United States · #4,914,660 worldwide 61 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Eliot Marshall United States · #5,830,742 worldwide 140 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Sylvana Research

What are the most cited papers from Sylvana Research?

The most cited paper from Sylvana Research is "Pearson Correlation Coefficient" (Jacob Benesty, Jingdong Chen, Yiteng Arden Huang et al., 2009), with 3,075 citations. Next come "Vulnerability and Resilience: A Study of High-Risk Adolescents" (602) and "Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics" (554).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pearson Correlation Coefficient Jacob Benesty, Jingdong Chen, Yiteng Arden Huang et al. · Springer topics in signal processing Book chapter 2009 3,075
2 Vulnerability and Resilience: A Study of High-Risk Adolescents Suniya S. Luthar · Child Development Jun 1991 602
3 Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics Shaohong Feng et al. · Nature Open access150 authors 11 Nov 2020 554
4 Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview P. Brandon Matheny et al. · Mycologia Nov 2006 507
5 Tea Chemistry Matthew E. Harbowy, Douglas A. Balentine, Alan P. Davies et al. · Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 1997 442
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sylvana Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Thrombosis, Epidemiology, Health Education, Defect Detection, Gas Sensors, Metal Oxide and Nanomaterials.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning4▲ 2.3×10 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.63×14 topics
  3. Thrombosis2▲ 12×4 topics
  4. Healthcare2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  5. Nanomaterials2▲ 3.0×3 topics
  6. Educational Technology2▲ 2.5×4 topics
  7. Pandemic2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  8. Health Education1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  9. Big Data1▲ 2.7×4 topics
  10. Data Mining1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  11. COVID-191▲ 1.85×5 topics
  12. Digital Learning1▲ 4.5×4 topics
  13. Public Health1▲ 1.67×9 topics
  14. Risk Factors1▲ 2.1×7 topics
  15. Defect Detection1▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Gas Sensors1▲ 23×1 topic
  17. Globalization1◆ 1.14×6 topics
  18. Mental Health1▲ 1.55×5 topics
  19. Metal Oxide1▲ 23×1 topic
  20. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.43×3 topics
  21. Climate Change1▼ 0.75×8 topics
  22. Concussion1▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Economic Impact1▲ 3.7×2 topics
  24. Eddy Current Testing1▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Education1▲ 1.20×7 topics
  26. Encephalopathy1▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation1▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Gender Inequality1▲ 14×1 topic
  29. Heart Failure1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  30. History1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  31. Inflammation1◆ 0.95×9 topics
  32. Labor Force Participation1▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Left Ventricular Assist Device1▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Non-Destructive Evaluation1▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Solar Cells1▲ 9.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Sylvana Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Gas Sensing Nanomaterial…1Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 1 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Famil…1Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…1Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing …1Non-Destructive Testing Techniques: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and interfaces: 1 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory1Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices: 1 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringGender StudiesBiomedical EngineeringEpidemiology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Prevention and Impact Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Semiconductor materials and interfaces Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  8. 8 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  9. 9 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sylvana Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sylvana Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Sylvana Research0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sylvana Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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